_--Almost all the Indian
nations attribute to the Ganges the virtue of cleansing the soul from
the stains of sin.
nations attribute to the Ganges the virtue of cleansing the soul from
the stains of sin.
Camoes - Lusiades
--_Ed.
_
[463]
(_For now the banquet on the tented plain,
And sylvan chase his careless hours employ_). --
The great Mogul, and other eastern sovereigns, attended by their
courtiers, spend annually some months of the finest season in
encampments in the field, in hunting parties, and military amusements.
[464] _Th' enormous mountain. _--The Himalaya range, which is a
continuation of an immense chain of mountains girdling the northern
regions of the earth and known by various names, as Caucasus, Homodus,
Paropamissus, Imaus, etc. , and from Imaus extended through Tartary to
the sea of Kamschatka. Not the range of mountains so called in Asia
Minor. --_Ed. _
[465] _As wild traditions tell. _--Pliny, imposed upon by some Greeks,
who pretended to have been in India, relates this fable. --Vide Nat.
Hist. lib. 12.
[466] _Is fondly plac'd in Ganges' holy wave.
_--Almost all the Indian
nations attribute to the Ganges the virtue of cleansing the soul from
the stains of sin. They have such veneration for this river, that if any
one in their presence were to throw any filth into the stream, an
instant death would punish his audacity.
[467] Cambaya, the ancient Camanes of Ptolemy, gives name to the gulf of
that name at the head of which it is situated. It is the principal
seaport of Guzerat. --_Ed. _
[468] Porus was king of part of the Punjaub, and was conquered by
Alexander the Great. --_Ed. _
[469] _Narsinga. _--The laws of Narsing oblige the women to throw
themselves into the funeral pile, to be burnt with their deceased
husbands. An infallible secret to prevent the desire of
widowhood. --CASTERA from Barros, Dec. 4.
[470] The Canarese, who inhabit Canara, on the west coast of
India. --_Ed. _
[471] Medina, a city of Arabia, famous as being the burial-place of
Mohammed, and hence esteemed sacred. --_Ed.
[463]
(_For now the banquet on the tented plain,
And sylvan chase his careless hours employ_). --
The great Mogul, and other eastern sovereigns, attended by their
courtiers, spend annually some months of the finest season in
encampments in the field, in hunting parties, and military amusements.
[464] _Th' enormous mountain. _--The Himalaya range, which is a
continuation of an immense chain of mountains girdling the northern
regions of the earth and known by various names, as Caucasus, Homodus,
Paropamissus, Imaus, etc. , and from Imaus extended through Tartary to
the sea of Kamschatka. Not the range of mountains so called in Asia
Minor. --_Ed. _
[465] _As wild traditions tell. _--Pliny, imposed upon by some Greeks,
who pretended to have been in India, relates this fable. --Vide Nat.
Hist. lib. 12.
[466] _Is fondly plac'd in Ganges' holy wave.
_--Almost all the Indian
nations attribute to the Ganges the virtue of cleansing the soul from
the stains of sin. They have such veneration for this river, that if any
one in their presence were to throw any filth into the stream, an
instant death would punish his audacity.
[467] Cambaya, the ancient Camanes of Ptolemy, gives name to the gulf of
that name at the head of which it is situated. It is the principal
seaport of Guzerat. --_Ed. _
[468] Porus was king of part of the Punjaub, and was conquered by
Alexander the Great. --_Ed. _
[469] _Narsinga. _--The laws of Narsing oblige the women to throw
themselves into the funeral pile, to be burnt with their deceased
husbands. An infallible secret to prevent the desire of
widowhood. --CASTERA from Barros, Dec. 4.
[470] The Canarese, who inhabit Canara, on the west coast of
India. --_Ed. _
[471] Medina, a city of Arabia, famous as being the burial-place of
Mohammed, and hence esteemed sacred. --_Ed.
